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Surnames: Cassell, Overs
Classification: Biography
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The Rt. Rev. W. H. Overs, then Bishop of Liberia, placed the John Payne at my disposal
during my stay. This yacht met me on my arrival at Monrovia and brought a welcoming
committee of representatives of the State Department and Churchmen, who escorted me to the
mainland, through the custom house, and then to the home of the Rev. Nathaniel H. B.
Cassell, whose house guest I was during my five weeks in Liberia. Here I saw for the first
time one of the sights often reported by visitors to the Caribbean countries and Africa:
my large trunk carried by a Kru man balanced on his head, and up the steep hill leading to
Broad Street, where Dr. Cassell’s house is located, within a stone’s throw of the Bishop’s
House, the Executive Mansion, and the famous 104-year-old Providence Baptist Church.
From An Adventure in Faith by James S. Russell published in 1936